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June 17, 2003"Control of the computer and the Internet is also important to make a house into a home. If the computer is on all the time, the house turns into an office, even if everyone is at home. Many homes these days are just offices. Human communication has stopped. The computer...
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June 16, 2003"Great souls have always taught that, among all the forms of giving, imparting the spiritual teachings is the highest. You can give money or food and provide for the physical aspects of the being, but if you can find a way to give the dharma, the illumined wisdom of the...
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June 12, 2003Yogaswami wrote: "My Guru, Peerless Chellappar, I saw at Nallur, 'neath the sacred Chariot of Murugan. He gazed at me in grace, my wise Teacher-- Him do I praise engulfed in bliss." "There at the ancient abode of Nallur, I saw Him and bowed. Lo, I got into a trance....
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June 11, 2003One of the great saints of Saivism is Tayumanavar. Long ago we had his works translated into English, and we are presently preparing to post these to the web. Here is one example of his songs, this one about the Guru: "Thou camest as the Silent Teacher mine, Ready to...
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June 10, 2003Today was the auspicious Chitra Puja day and a beautiful puja to Gurudeva was performed in the temple early this morning. Our Beloved and Revered Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Attained Maha Samadhi on November 12th, 2001Click to read for Details. Mystic Mouse Coloring Book Now available Today's sample page. ----- Click...
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May 29, 2003Children are constantly learning, and that learning must be guided carefully by the parents. The young's education, recreation and companions must be supervised. They should be taught the scriptures of their lineage. Their religious education is almost always in the hands of the parents. They should be disciplined to study...
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May 28, 2003"Parashakti, "Supreme Energy," is called by many names: silence, love, being, power and all-knowingness. It is Satchidananda--existence-consciousness-bliss--that pristine force of being which is undifferentiated, totally aware of itself, without an object of its awareness. It radiates as divine light, energy and knowing. Out of Parasiva ever comes Parashakti, the first...
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May 27, 2003"I look at the mind as a traveler looks at the world. Himalayan Academy students have traveled with me all over the world, in hundreds of cities, in dozens of countries, as we've set up ashrams here and there on our Innersearch Travel/Study programs. Together we have gone in and...